According to Catholics, the flagellants had  taken things too far.

根据天主教徒的说法，鞭笞者做得太过火了。

Paintings now in the Academy detailed fanaticism in flagellants and the Inquisition, the phenomenon of witchcraft, the plight of prisoners and fantasies of the madhouse that mocked the " normal" world.

现在位于该学院的画作细致描绘了鞭笞者和宗教法庭中的狂热、巫术现象、囚犯的困境以及嘲弄“正常”世界的疯人院的幻想。

In fact, the ascetics and flagellants of the world belong nowhere in the main stream of civilization — and are of dubious utility and service in any civilization.

事实上，世界上的苦行者和鞭笞者不属于文明的主流——而且在任何文明中都具有可疑的效用和服务。